World News – Page 135

Myanmar icon Suu Kyi casts first-ever ballot

November 15, 2015 By Admin

By Aye Aye Win Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Though championed worldwide as a pro-democracy icon, there is something Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to do until Sunday: […]

End of 1-child policy not game-changer

November 7, 2015 By Admin

By Christopher Bodeen and Paul Traynor Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Everyone should have the chance to have more than one child, say Chinese parents who welcome the government’s loosening […]

Up/Down — China’s new baby policy lifts kid stocks, sinks condom maker

November 7, 2015 By Admin

By Kelvin Chan AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Shares of companies that make diapers, baby strollers and infant formula got a boost Friday from China’s decision to scrap […]

Humane Society rescues pups from South Korean meat farm

November 7, 2015 By Admin

By Sheila Hagar Walla Walla Union-Bulletin They have no names, yet. “I really want the families to be able to name them,” said Sara Archer, executive director of Blue Mountain […]

Taiwan, Chinese presidents to meet for first time since 1949

November 5, 2015 By Admin

By Christopher Bodeen and Ralph Jennings BEIJING (AP) — The presidents of China and Taiwan will meet this weekend for the first time since civil war divided their lands 66 […]

Tearful cross-border reunion may be last for elderly Koreans

October 31, 2015 By Admin

By Kim Tong-Hyung Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 98-year-old South Korean man cried loudly and repeatedly buried his face in a handkerchief as his elderly North Korean […]

India, cows and politics — With Hindu party leading India, beef grows more political

October 25, 2015 By Admin

By Tim Sullivan Associated Press NEW DELHI — The legislator was full of outrage when he arrived in the northern Indian village days after the killing of a Muslim farmer […]

Secret project wins Chinese scientist a Nobel

October 18, 2015 By Admin

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The time could not have been more hostile for Chinese scientists. Research came to a virtual halt and intellectuals were routinely persecuted. […]

School hazing gets stern penalty in military-ruled Thailand

October 10, 2015 By Admin

By Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — At a military facility outside Bangkok, a drill sergeant barks orders at a group of film students learning the hard way that […]

Cambodian opposition senator on trial over Facebook comments

October 10, 2015 By Admin

By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian opposition senator was denied bail and went on trial Friday over comments he posted on Facebook criticizing a […]